Cambodian Workers Flee Thailand

Fears Junta Will Crack Down on Undocumented Labor Force Spurs Exodus

Cambodians who were working illegally in Thailand arriving Monday in Poipet, a town in the northwestern Cambodian province of Banteay Meanchey, the main border crossing. The number of Cambodian laborers leaving Thailand over the past week rose to more than 157,000, according to Kor Sumsaroen, governor of the province.
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A Cambodian migrant worker jumping out a train window at the station in Aranyaprathet, Thailand—just across from Poipet, Cambodia—on Monday. The exodus was driven by rumors of a crackdown on undocumented workers by the Thai junta.
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